Privacy Policy

1. 100% Client-Side Processing Architecture

Unlike conventional image conversion websites that transfer your photos to remote backend cloud servers for processing, asciiartgenerators.com utilizes modern HTML5 Web APIs (HTMLCanvasElement, CanvasRenderingContext2D.getImageData, and client-side JavaScript).

When you drag, drop, paste, or select an image file:

• The file is read directly from your local file system into your device's browser memory via the FileReader API.
• Resizing, grayscale conversion, ITU-R BT.601 perceptual luminance calculations, and Floyd-Steinberg or Atkinson dithering algorithms execute inside your local browser CPU threads.
• Character density mapping and text generation occur in client-side memory.
• No image files, binary blobs, pixel arrays, or synthesized text strings are ever transmitted over the network or saved to any external database.

2. Information We Do and Do Not Collect

Information We Never Collect

• Uploaded Images & Photos: Never uploaded, stored, or reviewed.
• Text & Words: Text entered into the FIGlet generator stays exclusively in your browser.
• Personal Identifiable Information (PII): We do not ask for names, physical addresses, phone numbers, or credit card details.
• Account Credentials: There are no user accounts, passwords, or logins.

Information Automatically Collected by Infrastructure

Like nearly every website on the internet, our hosting infrastructure and content delivery network (CDN) automatically log standard technical request metadata for system maintenance, abuse prevention (such as mitigating DDoS attacks), and server health monitoring. This non-personally identifiable metadata may include:

• Browser type, version, and operating system (User-Agent string).
• Referring URL and the pages requested on our site.
• Date, time, and country/regional location of access.
• Internet Protocol (IP) address (anonymized where applicable and retained only for temporary security logs).

3. Cookies and Local Storage

We use browser localStorage solely to improve your user experience by persisting your user preferences across visits. Specifically:

You can clear your browser's local storage and cache at any time via your browser settings without affecting the functionality of the tools.

4. Third-Party Services & Advertising

To keep asciiartgenerators.com 100% free for everyone around the world without charging subscriptions or placing conversion limits, we may display third-party advertisements (such as Google AdSense).

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites:

• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
• Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
• We also load web fonts via Google Fonts (Geist and Geist Mono) which are cached by your browser for optimal typography rendering.

5. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you possess specific data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Because our service does not require user registration and processes all graphics on the client side, we do not store, process, or sell your personal data.

Under GDPR, your statutory rights include:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate information.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data.
• The right to restrict processing & data portability: You have the right to object to or restrict processing of your data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection representative at privacy@asciiartgenerators.com.

6. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA / CPRA)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California residents have rights regarding their personal information:

• We Do Not Sell Your Personal Information: We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information or uploaded media to any third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration.
• Right to Know & Delete: You have the right to request disclosure of what personal data has been collected or request its deletion.
• Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

7. Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)

asciiartgenerators.com is a general-audience creative software tool and is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately, and we will take prompt steps to remove such information.

8. Security Measures

We implement rigorous technical security safeguards to protect our website:

• All communication is enforced over HTTPS with HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) headers.
• Modern Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to prevent cross-site scripting (XSS) and unauthorized script injection.
• No backend media storage databases eliminate the risk of remote database breaches leaking your personal photos.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy periodically to reflect enhancements to our tools, legal updates, or changes in applicable privacy regulations. We will notify you of any revisions by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the website following any posted modifications signifies your acknowledgment and acceptance of the revised policy.